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US 11,998,047 B2Granted
Personal vaporizer and method for assembly
OwnerJ. Christian Radoinventor
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Abstract
A personal vaporizer is constructed so that a tank module is filled with a vaporizing medium prior to being attached to a mouthpiece module. During filling, the tank module is in a first configuration in which a structure blocks media within the tank from flowing into an air path of the tank module. When the mouthpiece module is attached to the tank module after filling, the structure is modified, moving the tank module into a second configuration. However, in the second configuration an elongated tube of the mouthpiece module blocks media within the tank from flowing into the air path of the tank module.
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A personal vaporizer, comprising:
- a tank module comprising a tank and an air path, a fill valve movable from a first position to a second position, the tank being blocked by the fill valve from communicating with the air path when the fill valve is in the first position, at least a portion of the air path being distal of the tank, the tank having an open proximal end, the tank module comprising a tube mount portion distal of the open proximal end;
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- a proximal module comprising an elongated tube having a lumen, the elongated tube extending through the open proximal end of the tank, the proximal module being attached to the tank module when the elongated tube is attached to the tube mount portion;
- wherein when the proximal module is not attached to the tank module the fill valve is in the first position, and when the proximal module is attached to the tank module, the fill valve is in the second position and the air path communicates with the lumen of the elongated tube, the fill valve being blocked by the elongated tube of the proximal module from moving to the first position when the proximal module is attached to the take module.
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A personal vaporizer, comprising:
- a tank module comprising a tank and an air path, the tank defining a tank lumen and having a tube mount portion, the air path extending from a distal inlet to the tube mount portion, the tank extending proximally from the tube mount portion to a proximal opening;
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- a proximal module comprising an elongated tube having a tube lumen, the elongated tube having a distal end sized and configured to be received by the tube mount portion of the tank module so that the tube mount portion engages and holds the elongated tube distal end;
- wherein when the tank module is in a first configuration in which the elongated tube distal end is spaced from the tank module, communication between the tank lumen and the air path is blocked by a first structure;
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- wherein the proximal module and the tank module are configured so that the proximal module is attached to the tank module by advancing the elongated tube distally through the proximal opening of the tank until the elongated tube distal portion is received by the tube mount portion, and when the elongated tube distal end is held by the tube mount portion, the first structure is modified so as to place the tank module in a second configuration in which the tube lumen is in communication with the air path;
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- wherein the tank module remains in the second configuration when the elongated tube distal end is held by the tube mount portion.
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A personal vaporizer, comprising:
- a first portion comprising a tank and an intake air path, the tank defining a tank space configured to contain a vaporizing media, the tank space extending distally from a tank open end to a tank distal end, the intake air path disposed entirely distal of the tank open end;
- a second portion comprising a vapor tube and a mouthpiece, the vapor tube defining an elongated lumen, the mouthpiece supported by the vapor tube, the second portion movable relative to the first portion from a first position to a second position, the mouthpiece, vapor tube, and tank further configured so that when the second portion is moved into the second position it is engaged with the first portion in a manner so that it is held in the second position;
- wherein when the second portion is in the first position, the lumen of the vapor tube is wholly outside of the tank lumen and is blocked from communication with the intake air path of the first portion;
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- wherein when the second portion is in the second position, the lumen of the vapor tube is at least partially disposed within the tank space and is in communication with the intake air path of the first portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.